Monthly Archives: October 2015

Booo! It’s Halloween, and so there’s no better time for Tune Me What to trick the world into sampling the treats of South African music! This episode features 60 minutes of haunting music from South Africa, and a few funky poltergeists thrown in for good measure. So, don’t get spooked, warm your hands around a roaring pumpkin and settle in for some howling-good music!

In today’s show, we’re possessed by the spirits of:

Suck

John Kongos

Wrestlerish

Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens

The Soul Brothers

Hugh Masekela

Jack Parow

Piet Botha

The Kerels

Famous Curtain Trick

Arthur

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If you’re old enough, you’ll remembers the Springbok Hit Parade albums, filled with cover version of international hits performed by unnamed local session musicians. You will have heard stories of how record producers would play singles down the phone from New York or London so a local artist could get their version out before the international version was released. British did it to the Americans, occasionally the Americans did it to the Brits, and we in South Africa did it to both of them. For those of us who were in bands, we recall the frustration of having to choose between playing original music and starving or going “commercial” and playing “cover versions”.

These days, now that artists have their own voices, the status of the cover song has changed. Artists choose to record a cover as an artistic statement of their – making it their own – or as a tribute, or just for fun! So today’s show features some of the more interesting cover versions of international hits, remade in a new image by SA artists!

We feature:

The Bats

Goldfish

Wonderboom

Steve kekana

Dan Patlansky

The Flames

Omega Limited

Spoek Mathambo

Claire Johnston

Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Lucky Dube

Township Soul Inc

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In this episode we used some free sound effects from http://www.freesfx.co.uk

Every so often we like to air out the show with some new music, so this week we have 60 minutes of fresh picks from some of the best new music coming out of South Africa.

Featured on this episode are:

Mi Casa

Lunatic Wolf

Satanic Dagga Orgy

Heroine

Native Young

Nathi

Kabaal Klankbaan

K.O. Feat. Maggz & Masandi & Ma-E

Cadillac Sun

Yum Yuck

Orangotang Feat. Thulani Zwane

We really appreciate your feedback. We’re always open to suggestions and even requests! If you’re a South African musician living or touring internationally, do let us know about your concerts, album releases or tours – we’d love to give you a punt on the show.

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In this episode we used some free sound effects from http://www.freesfx.co.uk

Well, the BBC is taking so long to reboot Top Gear that we decided to do our own version – not only South African-style, but Tune Me What? style! Of course that means lots of chunes about cars! We’ve done rugby this season, so where else was there left to go? So join us for an hour some great South African imoto music involving everything from Nissan bakkies to BMWs!

We really appreciate your feedback. We’re always open to suggestions and even requests! If you’re a South African musician living or touring internationally, do let us know about your concerts, album releases or tours – we’d love to give you a punt on the show.

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In this episode we used some free sound effects from http://www.freesfx.co.uk

No it’s not a braai! It’s a Springbok rising like the Phoenix from the flames of defeat against Japan to triumph over Samoa! When you consider that Samoa is almost as big as Boksburg itself, this is no mean feat! To celebrate winning, we’ve decided to play a show of up-beat tunes that remind us of that feeling!

We really appreciate your feedback. We’re always open to suggestions and even requests! If you’re a South African musician living or touring internationally, do let us know about your concerts, album releases or tours – we’d love to give you a punt on the show.

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In this episode we used some free sound effects from http://www.freesfx.co.uk